Agile Foundations Complete Video Course will teach you what you need to know to fully understand the concepts of Agile and Scrum. Through screencasts and live training, you will explore the fundamentals of Agile techniques, how Scrum leverages Agile principles to improve project performance, the specifics of the Scrum framework, how to experience amazing benefits with Scrum today, and real-world situations, like transitioning and common pitfalls. Even though the concept of Scrum itself is easy to explain, the application is often difficult. Real-world success stories across various industries will help you see how scrum fits each unique situation.

Known globally as Mr. Agile^®—and the author of Agile Project Management for Dummies and Scrum for Dummies—Mark Layton will comprehensively establish a foundation in the 3 roles, 3 artifacts, and 5 events of Scrum. With examples from Fortune 1000 companies and other common practice tips, the course will apply to those in the IT business, manufacturing, construction, healthcare, education, and even to stay-at-home moms. Introduced recommendations, metrics, and resources will prove useful information to continue your journey in implementing Agile techniques, with an emphasis on the Scrum framework.

This title includes:

More than 4 hours of complete video training
Video exercises so you can practice your knowledge
Quizzes to help you learn and retain concepts
Hands-on exercises to help you retain key knowledge

Topics include:

Basics of Scrum
Agile Manifesto and Principles
Strategic Direction with vision statements and product roadmaps
Scrum Roles, artifacts, and events
Estimating and Setting Appropriate Expectations
Scrum in Action
Inspect and Adapt

Skill Level

Beginning

What You Will Learn

Agile and Scrum fundamentals
Agile manifesto and principles
Strategic directions
Scrum roles
Estimating and Setting Appropriate Expectations
Scrum in Action
Inspect and Adapt
Who Should Take This Course

The primary target market for this course is someone involved with a project that is looking to improve that project’s performance through earlier visibility. Secondarily, anyone looking to improve their project management expertise through scrum master certification. While the most popular market is the in software industry, there are other industries that benefit greatly from this methodology: manufacturing, research and development, service industries like healthcare and education, and even publishing. Scrum is a horizontal framework, all departments and levels can benefit from it and all will need training on these ideas in order to successfully transition a company.

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Table of Contents

Lesson Basic Concepts and Design Time Estimate (minutes)

Lesson 1 Basics of Scrum 75

1.1 Empirical Versus Defined 15

1.2 Simplified Scrum Overview 5

1.3 Scrum Teams 5

1.4 Scrum Governance 10

1.5 Scrum Framework 5

1.6 Scrum Values 10

1.7 Pathway to Product 10

Interactive Exercise: Jeopardy 15

Lesson 2 Agile Manifesto and Principles 73

2.1 Agile Manifesto and Principles Overview 10

2.2 Principles 1-3 12

2.3 Principles 4-6 12

2.4 Principles 7-9 12

2.5 Principles 10-12 12

Interactive Exercise: Matching 15

Lesson 3 Strategic Direction 40

3.1 Product Discovery 5

3.2 Vision Statement 10

3.3 Product Roadmap 15

Interactive Exercise 10

Lesson 4 Scrum Roles 55

4.1 Product Owner 15

4.2 Development Team 15

4.3 Scrum Master 15

Interactive Exercise: Fill in the Blank 10

Lesson 5 Estimating and Setting Appropriate Expectations 70

5.1 Definition of Done 10

5.2 Product Backlog Refinement 10

5.3 User Stories 15

5.4 Estimation 20

5.5 Velocity Extrapolation 5

Interactive Exercise 10

Lesson 6 Scrum in Action 65

6.1 Release Planning 15

6.2 Sprint Planning 15

6.3 Sprint Execution 20

Interactive Exercise 15

Lesson 7 Inspect and Adapt 60

7.1 Sprint Review 10

7.2 Sprint Retrospective 10

7.3 Distributed Teams 10

7.4 Transitions 15

Interactive Exercise 15

Glossary of Terms

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Table of Contents

Lesson Basic Concepts and Design Time Estimate (minutes)

Lesson 1 Basics of Scrum 75

1.1 Empirical Versus Defined 15

1.2 Simplified Scrum Overview 5

1.3 Scrum Teams 5

1.4 Scrum Governance 10

1.5 Scrum Framework 5

1.6 Scrum Values 10

1.7 Pathway to Product 10

Interactive Exercise: Jeopardy 15

Lesson 2 Agile Manifesto and Principles 73

2.1 Agile Manifesto and Principles Overview 10

2.2 Principles 1-3 12

2.3 Principles 4-6 12

2.4 Principles 7-9 12

2.5 Principles 10-12 12

Interactive Exercise: Matching 15

Lesson 3 Strategic Direction 40

3.1 Product Discovery 5

3.2 Vision Statement 10

3.3 Product Roadmap 15

Interactive Exercise 10

Lesson 4 Scrum Roles 55

4.1 Product Owner 15

4.2 Development Team 15

4.3 Scrum Master 15

Interactive Exercise: Fill in the Blank 10

Lesson 5 Estimating and Setting Appropriate Expectations 70

5.1 Definition of Done 10

5.2 Product Backlog Refinement 10

5.3 User Stories 15

5.4 Estimation 20

5.5 Velocity Extrapolation 5

Interactive Exercise 10

Lesson 6 Scrum in Action 65

6.1 Release Planning 15

6.2 Sprint Planning 15

6.3 Sprint Execution 20

Interactive Exercise 15

Lesson 7 Inspect and Adapt 60

7.1 Sprint Review 10

7.2 Sprint Retrospective 10

7.3 Distributed Teams 10

7.4 Transitions 15

Interactive Exercise 15

Glossary of Terms

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